Jimmy Blair's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 157032 games
Jimmy Blair, from England, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jimmy Blair most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...b6, the Owen's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White15 games · +5 =1 −9 · 37%
As Black17 games · +2 =3 −12 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense73%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...e5 Open Game27%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e6
- 1...b6 English Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 g6
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